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It’s Mummy Monday at the museum, and Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are going to see a new Egyptian exhibit. It features a child mummy in an actual tomb! But then the mummy is stolen and the tomb robbed of its treasure. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unravel the mystery and return the mummy to its rightful resting place?
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
Why did the kids want to go to the museum?
Page 2 — All week long they were having programs that looked fun
2
How did the kids earn money for the programs?
Page 3 — They helped clean out Josh’s barn and his dad paid them
3
What’s the exhibit at the museum the kids went to?
Page 5 — An Egyptian exhibit with mummies
5
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What’s an ancient Egyptian coffin called?
Page 11 — A Sarcophagus
11
What’s each mummy wrapped in?
Page 13 — strips of linen cloth
13
Where did Ruth Rose find the missing mummy?
Page 16 — In the girl’s restroom
16
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Describe what the kids thought the mummy snatcher might have done to get away?
Page 20 — She might have disguised herself after taking the mummy in the restroom
20
Where did the kids go to look for the lady who took the mummy?
Page 22 — Back into the tomb
22
Why are the kids trapped inside the tomb?
Page 24 — While they were in there, the tomb entrance closed
24
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Describe what it was like for the kids when they were locked inside the tomb?
Page 27 — Cold, creepy, quiet
27
What did the kids do to get more comfortable after sitting on the gravel/ground?
Page 29 — Ruth Rose found carpet squares in a closet, so they spread them out in the closet and laid on them
29
What woke up the kids while they were sleeping in the closet?
Page 30 — A huge blast that shook the closet
30
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Who appeared after the blast and what were they doing?
Page 33 — two thieves; stealing the treasure
33
How did the thieves get into the tomb?
Page 35 — They blew a hole into the building from outside
35
Who came by Dink’s house the next day and why?
Page 38 — Officers Peters and Washington; to ask the kids questions about the thieves
38
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did the kids want to go back to the museum?
Page 43 — It was Tyrannosaurus rex Tuesday
43
Why did the kids go sit at the back of the museum?
Page 44 — They were early, it was hot, and they wanted to sit in the shade
44
What did Josh smell when the thieves broke into the museum?
Page 51 — French fries
51
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Why did the kids decide to go check out Aunt Freda’s Fabulous Fries?
Page 56 — Because Josh had smelled French fries during the theft, there might be a connection
56
Describe what the kids discovered at the restaurant?
Page 62 — A woman with short hair works there; Ruth Rose realized she has short dark hair like the woman who came out of the restroom; Dink realized she walked like one of the thieves; Josh realized she smells like French fries
62
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
How did the kids get the opportunity to go into the kitchen and look around?
Page 63 — Ruth Rose told Aunt Freda that Dink wanted to know how to make her French fries
63
What evidence did the kids find in the kitchen?
Page 66 — They saw a black gym bag and a black jacket that’s short enough to see a white line of an apron underneath; Josh found a pebble like the gravel in the tomb
66
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Explain Dink’s dream?
Page 69 — He was trapped in the tomb alone and the mummies came toward him, he felt a cold hand on his shoulder and the mummy’s linen strips were wrapping around him
69
Where does Dink think the treasure is hidden?
Page 73 — In the small sarcophagus
73
Why do the kids think Dr. Tweed was one of the thieves?
Page 73 — Someone had to set the bomb inside the tomb and the treasure would have been too heavy to carry it far, so he hid it in the sarcophagus knowing he’d be able to get to it
73
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
What did the kids and police officers find in the tomb?
Page 78 — Dr. Tweed holding a gym bag
78
Where were Dr. Tweed and the woman from the restaurant flying to and why?
Page 79 — Europe; to sell the treasures
79
Where did the officers take Dr. Tweed and the woman?
Page 82 — To jail
82
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